Policy & Advocacy

Advocacy Across the Nation

Committee for Children works with parents, educators, students, providers, and policymakers across the country to support laws and policies that promote social-emotional learning (SEL) and prevent bullying and child sexual abuse. Our mission is to foster the safety and well-being of children—and we need your help.

Leveraging Medicaid to Fund School-Based Primary Prevention

This policy brief investigates how states can leverage Medicaid to help young people build social-emotional skills as a part of prevention services.

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Advocate SEL in Your State

Help ensure kids have access to SEL in your state by urging lawmakers to prioritize and protect SEL in schools. Our form makes it easy to send your message.

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When opportunities come up in your state, we’ll let you know what’s happening and how you can take action. We’ll provide prepared content and resources to make it easy for you to learn more about these issues and help make a difference in kids’ lives.

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Coalition Partners

Our growing list of national coalition partners helps us to advance policies that improve the well-being of children.
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Sign-On Letters

When we or coalition partners seek to advocate legislation that supports our mission, we add our name to sign-on letters.
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Policy Papers

Committee for Children prioritizes advancing social-emotional learning (SEL) policy federally and across the states. We’re committed to improving specific issues related to SEL, child protection, and bullying prevention—and that starts with research-based policy recommendations.
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One Pagers

Now more than ever, we need to support the well-being, resilience, and academic engagement of all young people. Social-emotional learning is a critical tool for our schools and communities to respond to racial inequities, economic instability, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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